Live the life that you have

Having dreams and goals are great, but not if it robs you of the beauty of what you have.

Like it has been said, there is nothing so bad that there is no good in it.

Similarly, no matter how desperate or miserable life appears, there is always something to be grateful for, or something to be excited about.

The more we invest in the future, the less we connect with the present.

Most often, our investment in the future is to protect us from something that happened in the past.

Past, present, future – they’re all relevant.

But, as always, moderation and balance is important.

It’s the moments of joy and accomplishment that gives us hope for how the future can be better than what we have now.

However, if we’re so fixated on creating that future that we desire, we may lose sight of the fact that the present ease or comfort that we have relative to what we had before, is in fact that future that we’ve been striving to create.

But here’s the real kicker.

It’s only through embracing the reality, the opportunity, the joy, or the pain of the present moment that we are able to do something constructive with it that will contribute towards that future that we desire.

The future is the very next moment after the moment you’re in.

It’s not some distant point in time.

Don’t confuse investing in long term goals with living the life that you have.

Otherwise you’ll put your life on hold without any guarantee that your goals will be reached, thereby losing both.

Work with what you have.

Be purposeful with what you have.

And the future will take care of itself.

It always does.

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